Informality and the impact of COVID-19 on maize value chains in Uganda: key findings and policy implications 2022 4 pp最新文献

筛选

英文中文

Informality and the impact of COVID-19 on maize value chains in Uganda: Key findings and policy implications 非正式性和2019冠状病毒病对乌干达玉米价值链的影响:主要发现和政策影响

Informality and the impact of COVID-19 on maize value chains in Uganda: key findings and policy implications 2022 4 pp Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.2499/p15738coll2.136399

Leocardia Nabwire, Bjorn Van Campenhout

{"title":"Informality and the impact of COVID-19 on maize value chains in Uganda: Key findings and policy implications","authors":"Leocardia Nabwire, Bjorn Van Campenhout","doi":"10.2499/p15738coll2.136399","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136399","url":null,"abstract":"This policy note summarizes results of a study on the impact of COVID-19 on maize value chains in Uganda, which are characterized by a high degree of informality. We use a stack survey consisting of 1525 smallholder maize farmers, 341 informal traders, and 174 millers that were surveyed in-person in 2019 as the basis for follow-up telephone interviews in 2020 and 2021. We find that the impact of COVID-19 and associated measures manifests itself more downstream the value chain (at the level of the traders and particularly the millers). Closures and reductions in volumes passing through the chain seemed limited but worsen as the pandemic persists. Government measures such as a reduction of interest rates seemed to have brought some relief for traders and millers. However, all value chain actors report substantial reductions in maize revenues, household income and food security, as actors in informal value chains seem to rely on various activities to make ends meet. As a result, informal value chains such as maize in Uganda may be less able to adapt to common shocks in the long run. The appropriate policy response therefore would be to supplement some of the mitigating policies targeting businesses with more long run social protection policies to also benefit value chain actors upstream.","PeriodicalId":112424,"journal":{"name":"Informality and the impact of COVID-19 on maize value chains in Uganda: key findings and policy implications 2022 4 pp","volume":"99 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124059778","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0